[Coco] printing

[Gene Heskett]

On Sunday 16 November 2014 08:49:23 Tom Seagrove did opine
And Gene did reply:
> Has it ever been looked into creating virtual drivers that intercept
> print jobs, route them through Drivewire, for example, and send them
> to a local printer on the PC?
> 
> Tom

I have been doing exactly that for at least 2 years Tom.  But I don't send 
them to a local printer, I send them to a Brother Laser thats on the 
coco's desk by sending the processed data back down the same usb extension 
cable that drivewire uses, to that printer plugged into the same USB hub 
the coco's dw cable is plugged into after a seriel to USB conversion.

An early version of those bash scripts is available on my web page in the 
sig. Customize them to your hearts content.

> On Nov 16, 2014, at 6:51 AM, Josh Harper via Coco
> <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> hi guys
> I used to pring a lot of  things way back when with the  dmp -105
> printer  now  that  ribbons are no longer to be  found for it is there
> any other option  to still be able  to print  stuff using old software
> 
> I know  theres some okidata  still being sold    but  wasmt sure  it
> would work  due  most  of my  software required  the 105 thanks  guys


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